BASIC CALCULUS WEEK 1 ACTIVITIES

MODULE 1: FUNCTIONS, LIMITS, AND CONTINUITY

Lesson 1: The Limit of a Function

WHAT’S MORE
EXERCISE
ANSWERS:
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2.

2
ANSWER: lim (x −2 x+ 4)=3
x →1

x−1
ANSWER: lim ( ) DNE
x →0 x+ 1
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 EXERCISE
c lim f ( x ) f (c )
x →c

-2 lim f ( x)=2 f (−2 )=2

x→−2

-½ lim f (x )=1
x→−
1
2
f ( −12 )=1
0 lim f ( x )=3 f ( 0 )=3
x →0

1 lim f ( x )=0 f ( 1 ) =0
x →1

3 lim f (x)=4 f ( 3 )=4

x→−3

4 lim f (x )=5 f ( 4 ) =5
x→ 4